Golinks is an open-source, customizable bookmarking tool that enables users to save and access their favorite webpages using short, easy-to-remember aliases. This tutorial will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Golinks on Linux Mint, the popular Debian-based operating system.
Before we dive into the installation steps, make sure your Linux Mint system meets the following requirements:
The first step is to clone the golinks repository from https://git.mills.io/prologic/golinks using the Git command-line interface. Open your terminal emulator and execute the following command:
git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/golinks.git
This command will create a new directory named golinks in your current working directory.
Next, we need to install the Go dependencies for golinks. Navigate to the golinks directory by typing:
cd golinks
Then, install the dependencies by typing:
go get -v ./...
This command will automatically download and install all the dependencies required by golinks.
After installing the Go dependencies, we can build the golinks executable file. Use the following command to build it:
go build
This command will create a binary file named golinks in the golinks directory.
Finally, we need to copy the golinks binary file to the PATH directory so we can access golinks from any location in the terminal. To do this, navigate to the golinks directory and type:
sudo cp golinks /usr/local/bin/
The sudo command will ask you for your system password before copying the file to the /usr/local/bin/ directory.
To verify that golinks is installed properly on your Linux Mint system, type the following command:
golinks help
This command will show you a list of available commands in golinks. If you see the help information, congratulations! You have successfully installed golinks on your Linux Mint system.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install golinks on your Linux Mint system using the Git version control system and the Go programming language. Golinks can now be used to bookmark your favorite webpages using short and easy-to-remember aliases, allowing you to access them quickly and efficiently from any location in the terminal.
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